Music for Bloomsday
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Yes, we are a couple of days late — but here we are with some Music for Bloomsday: the anniversary of June 16, 1904 when the events of Ulysses, the best-known work by the Irish literary giant James Joyce, would have taken place in Dublin and environs.
The celebration — which in modern times includes a great many events in and around Dublin and elsewhere in the world — was originally established in 1954 on the 50th anniversary.
To celebrate Bloomsday we’re presenting a programme of Irish music, traditional and modern; we will also be playing no less than three musical settings of some of James Joyce’s first published poetry: Chamber Music of 1907. You’ll hear the piano and tenor voice interpretations of Alfred and Marc Heller, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus under Marc Shapiro, and a complete series of settings of all 36 poems, by some of today’s top alternative artists. You may hear some surprises today.
Main image: “JAMES JOYCE [ST. STEPHEN’S GREEN] REF-1085620″ by infomatique is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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